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Blacktree
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APR 07, 09:17 AM
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If you have an air hammer or chisel, you could try giving the nut some "love taps" on the flats.
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RCR
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APR 07, 09:45 AM
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The nut is shrouded by the hub. It would be difficult to get access to the sides.
It's been soaking overnight. We'll see if it gives up today. Otherwise I need to find a bigger impact wrench.
Bob
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Tony Kania
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APR 07, 09:56 AM
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You can shock the nut from the face also. 
You got this!
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theogre
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APR 07, 10:37 AM
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Jamming the rotor etc can damage the parts regardless how FSM etc books said.
Same for wheel off and "beating up" the suspension w/ impact tools and big wrenches.
Use wheel on to loosen or full torque the nut.
You need NEW axle nuts every time they are removed.
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(Jurassic Park)
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cvxjet
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APR 07, 11:43 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Tony Kania:
You can shock the nut from the face also.
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Hey......Why are you bringing me into this? Shock the nut with MY face....?.......Geez.....
I actually have a 6 foot breaker PIPE that I use...and then, I use a floor jack to lift the end of the pipe to rotate the socket...Also may be helpful to throw a french dictionary at it......
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Spoon
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APR 07, 08:58 PM
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Try some of this stuff. A few weeks ago a friend of mine spent hours trying to get an O2 sensor out doing all the things you did to the axle nut except heat.
I told him to let me give a try. I sprayed this magic formula on the sensor and timed it for 90 seconds like the instruction said, maybe a little longer. Grabbed a Harbor Freight breaker bar and a socket and it came free using 1 hand. I know an axle nut is torqued much higher than an O2 but rust is the common problem with both.
I got my Freeze online at Amazon.
Spoon
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tshark
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APR 07, 09:12 PM
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There are stands that bolt to the lug bolts. I bolted one on, then used a 3/4 inch breaker bar, with a floor jack setting on the steel base plate of the stand. Several sockets broke, but the nut came loose.
On my ATV, the axle nuts were basically welded on. An angle grinder did the trick, but that won't work for you.
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shemdogg
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APR 08, 12:35 AM
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You can cut the nut w a cutting wheel, then chisel it opening it around the axle. Or take it to a good shop n let them deal w it
shem
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viperine
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APR 08, 02:41 AM
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Cheater pipe on your breaker bar with a fat friend. It'll give.
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Patrick
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APR 08, 03:18 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by viperine:
Cheater pipe on your breaker bar with a fat friend. It'll give.
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This is the guy you want. 
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